Imagine you are serving your country in a foreign land and an explosion leaves you an amputee. Now imagine you are a quadruple amputee, are 21 years old and have a wife and two young children.
This is exactly what we encountered on a visit to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, DC on April 1.
The soldiers we met were so grateful for our gift of Trouble dogs and medallions – offering them HOPE – making our trip heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.
We would like to ask you to consider a donation to allow us to continue giving “Trouble” to soldiers and their families. Trouble not only makes them smile but lets them realize “When Trouble Comes, You’re Never Alone”.
Thank you for allowing us to bring HOPE to these soldiers and to let them know we are the grateful ones.
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200 Trouble arrive - after driving from Marblehead - in Maryland the night before his debut at Walter Reed Army Hospital
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Trouble instantly begins making friends with soldiers and their children!
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Trouble is a hit with new friends ... young and old!
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A soldier's wife and an injured female soldier smile at the gift of Trouble!
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Sheila, Trouble and grateful friends at The Mologne House at Walter Reed Army Hospital
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Evan, Sheila, Trouble and a very appropriate message on the back of a soldier's t shirt.
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After giving "Double Trouble" to an injured soldier's wife ... we're off to Walter Reed Hospital ... the first person we meet is a tiny little girl whose Daddy is injured and hospitalized.
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Trouble arrives at the Hospital and meets Caleb Brown, our Ambassador and guide.
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The Tree of Hope was started for a soldier who could not physically leave his room; to give him something to look at out his window ... to give him Hope. Trouble is now there too ... "Where There's Trouble ... There's Hope"!
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Trouble and his Team meet the Marine Liason Officers. They had had a particularly rough morning and told us we "made their day"!
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The Marines said a last goodbye and asked us to promise to return with Trouble. And we will!
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